Mason raised an eyebrow in reaction to Koran's implication of something, he wasn't sure what though. He expression changed when he rolled his eyes, hearing of Mina's interest in Koran. Mason decided there would be his time to leave, he quickly went down the stairs and outside, going past Mithias and going a bit outside the house's ranges. "Hmm...what's thins for?" He said to himself as he saw what look like a completely circled off rock formation with a cave near it, a large one at that. He daringly slid down the slanted rocky platform, rolling into a stand up as he hit the ground. "I regret this..." He said, jumping and trying to climb back up, he stopped once he heard a distinct growling, something he knew only a canine could make.
He reached for his sword, only to remember he left in downstairs, he cursed mentally as he turned around to face his possibly death. Within the pitch black cave he couldn't see anything from his point of view unless it came into the light. His eyes widened slightly when he saw a paw step out into the light, the soldier felt a little uneasy now, he got a good idea of the size of this unknown canine or from the sounds of it, a whole pack. Emerging from the blackness was a very large dog-like beast, its skin looked plated and heavily armored to the tail's tip. His eyes focused on the muzzle of the hound, its teeth were pointed like small daggers, accompanied with a pair of upper and lower saber-like teeth. He looked at the clawed paws it displayed, hooked like a big cats and probably just as sharp, he also noticed back claws that he wasn't sure he wanted to know were for. He was a little intimidated to be honest, this thing was massive, he had never encountered anything like this before, it took slow steps toward him as it growled, snarling and baring its teeth within the mix. As it got closer, he noticed its eyes, a light blue, a color that prompted blindness, but he knew better than to think it couldn't see. Mason assumed a stance to defend himself, not that it would be of any use, this thing was probably just as strong, maybe strong than him.
His heart sank once more stepped out into the light, then more, and then more. A breath of fear escaped Mason, he tried to relax himself as he shut his eyes, his steady breaths drowned out by the snarls and growls of the hell hounds. He kept dismissing the fact that these were dogs in some aspect, maybe he could trump them and assume himself as a dominant figure. Backed up against the rock wall face he opened his eyes, face to face with one of the massive beasts, his eyes zeroing in on its. Mason threw away all feelings of fear as he was locked in eye contact, standing proudly without signs of faltering. He wasn't going to let fear run his fate right now, neither opposing force backed down, the lead hound stared Mason down while growling, bent o n breaking his concentration. Daringly Mason leaned forced, his stare slightly forming into a glare, eliciting a back-down followed by the hound followed by a whimper. The others seemed to follow in suit, all of them backing up and looking to him as if he had been leading them all their lives. "Well, that wasn't so hard.." He spoke as the lead hound circled him, sniffing at him before pushing its head into his chest. "Hey, settle own, we just met.." He managed to chuckle, patting the hound's head gently. He looked around, scanning his surroundings, there had to have been at least twenty of them here, it was kind of amazing. He had to come back with them, he turned around and began climbing up the wall, only to feel a light pawing at his ankle along with a series of whimpers "I'm sorry, you can't follow me, but I'll be back, I promise..." He smiled.
"And now I go..." He said, beginning to walk he went up the stairs once he returned to the house, walking into the living room, nightfall was approaching and who knew what this place was like at night. "The rest of you might wanna come inside..." He said from the doorway to the outside.